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HACK THE LAW A rational and reasoned approach to completely losing your mind

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BRENDAN O'CONNOR • CTO/DSS, Malice Afterthought, Inc • Rising 2L at the University of Wisconsin School of Law - IANAL,Y • I've done DARPA stuff (CFT and otherwise), security research, and even security, coding, and Net Warfare teaching (want to hire me? I'm always looking, so ping me!) • BTW, No One Authorized Me To Say ANYTHING! I speak for nobody.

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HONESTLY, THEY DON'T GET IT!

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*FACEPALM*

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SERIOUSLY. I MEAN, COME ON.

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WOW, VACCINES CAUSE SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME?

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NOT JUST THE NINE ANGRY D00DS

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THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT... • "They don't understand us!" • "They're scared of black t-shirts!" • "I'm too leet to talk to them." • "You can't fight The Man, man..." • "If God wanted us to talk to Congress, they would have given them un- firewalled computers." • ...no. We fail, as a community. It's not our fault, but it *is* our responsibility to fix.

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WHAT DO LAWYERS DO?

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CRIMINAL LAW

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CIVIL LAW

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LEGISLATIVE WORK

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POLICY WORK

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POLITICS

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204/535 OF CONGRESS ARE LAWYERS

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GETTING IN TO LAW SCHOOL

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THE LSAT

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GPA: YET ANOTHER TLA

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SOUL-KILLING CALCULATOR DEMO

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ASIDE: WORST^H BEST INTERVIEW EVER

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YOU GOT IN. NOW WHAT?

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A NOTE ABOUT COST

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READING - NOT JUST MAN PAGES

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HIGH-STAKES "SECURE" TESTING

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LAWYERS AND ALCOHOL

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YOU WILL BE ODD

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TYPICAL LAW STUDENT

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WHAT THEY THINK WE ARE

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SMALL DICTATORS

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I'M NOT HELPING, REALLY

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KEEP YOURSELF SANE

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TIME TO BUY A SUIT

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HACK THE LAW The law does have a hacker ethos. brendan@maliceafterthought.com